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Highland Science Department Hydrocarbon Nomenclature Organic Chemistry: chemistry of molecules based on carbon. -since carbon can share up to 4 electrons it allows for the development of a vast variety of different and complex molecules

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Highland Science Department Hydrocarbon Nomenclature Organic Chemistry: chemistry of molecules based on carbon. -since carbon can share up to 4 electrons it allows for the development of a vast variety of different and complex molecules -all life that we have discovered is based on carbon rich molecules e.g. proteins, carbohydrates, lipids

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Highland Science Department Hydrocarbon Nomenclature Organic Chemistry: chemistry of molecules based on carbon. -since carbon can share up to 4 electrons it allows for the development of a vast variety of different and complex molecules -all life that we have discovered is based on carbon rich molecules e.g. proteins, carbohydrates, lipids -and all of these molecules start with a carbon skeleton (a chain of carbon atoms)

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Highland Science Department Hydrocarbon Nomenclature Alkenes: -for longer molecules, the location of the double bond is identified by numbering the carbons so the double bond is in the lowest position -the number of the carbon with the double bond is written in front of the name with a hyphen

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Highland Science Department Hydrocarbon Nomenclature Alkenes: -for longer molecules, the location of the double bond is identified by numbering the carbons so the double bond is in the lowest position -the number of the carbon with the double bond is written in front of the name with a hyphen -e.g. 2-pentene not 3-pentene